Translations for „bend“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

I . bend [bend] N

1. bend:

bend (in a road, in a river)

ovinek m

bend (in a road, in a river)

zavoj m

bend (in a road, in a river)

okljuk m

bend (in a pipe)

koleno n

to take a bend

zaviti

2. bend pl MED:

the bends

potapljaška bolezen f

to go round the bend inf

znoreti

to drive sb round the bend inf

spraviti ob živce koga

bend [bend]

3. bend bent, bent:

bend (turn) road

zavijati [perf zaviti]

to bend forwards

nagniti se naprej

to be bent double

skloniti se do tal

to be bent double (be flexible)

kriviti se [perf ukriviti se]

to be bent double (be flexible)

zvijati se [perf zviti se]

to be bent double tree

upogibati se [perf upogniti se]

be careful, that wire bends easily

pazi, ta žica se zlahka ukrivi

to bend to sb's will fig

ukloniti se želji koga

III . bend [bend] VB trans (deform)

bend

upogibati [perf upogniti]

bend

kriviti [perf ukriviti]

bend

krčiti [perf pokrčiti]

to bend one's knees

pokrčiti kolena

to bend the rules fig

prikrojiti pravila

bend N

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on the bend

na/v ovinku

I . bend back VB trans

bend

zviti

bend

zravnati

to bend sth back into shape

zravnati kaj

II . bend back VB intr

bend

nagniti se nazaj

I . bend down VB intr

bend

sklanjati se [perf skloniti se]

II . bend down VB trans

bend

upogibati [perf upogniti]

bend over, bend forward VB intr

bend

sklanjati se [perf skloniti se]

to bend over backwards

zelo si prizadevati ustreči komu

hair·pin ˈbend N Brit Aus, hair·pin ˈcurve N, hair·pin ˈturn N Am

hairpin bend

oster ovinek m

Usage examples with bend

sharp bend

oster ovinek

to go round the bend inf

znoreti

to take a bend

zaviti

to bend one's knees

pokrčiti kolena

to bend the rules fig

prikrojiti pravila

to bend forwards

nagniti se naprej

to bend over backwards

zelo si prizadevati ustreči komu

left-hand bend

levi zavoj

to drive sb round the bend inf

spraviti ob živce koga

to bend to sb's will fig

ukloniti se želji koga

to bend sth back into shape

zravnati kaj

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English

In determining a physical disability, common factors are the ability to sit, stand, lift, bend, and stoop.

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It has been argued that later pila were constructed so that the iron shank would bend on impact.

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Also, the competitors may face each other with their legs interlocked and pull their heads backwards until one of the competitors would bend forward or give up.

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Position the monitor an arm's length away so you can read text easily without having to bend forward.

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These muscles are the ones that allow you to bend back your wrist with force.

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There are pages to color, pipe cleaners to bend into monsters, macaroni to arrange into a necklace.

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A ro-langs can not speak or bend over, it signals its victims by wagging its tongue back and forth.

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If you leave the beach, clamber up the old hairpin bend road, past the early 20th-century coastguard station, you start to notice strange lumps and bumps in the grass.

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A police car is headed around a bend, unknowing that the criminals are coming at them from the other side.

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Most of us in our forties are bottoming out on the U-bend that is midlife.

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